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Showing 12011210 of 25879 articles for Art. CE 7-5-1986 n° 39426

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorising and operating public health establishments and medical biology analysis laboratories

Article R2131-5-5

Without prejudice to the conditions defined in 1° and 2° of Article L. 6122-2, the granting or renewal of the authorisation, mentioned in Article L. 2131-1, granted to public health establishments and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Manufacture and import of investigational medicinal products.

Article R5124-57-5

Where manufacturers and importers of investigational medicinal products entrust certain quality control operations to a laboratory in accordance with Article R. 5124-47 (2°), the biomedical research s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Search for an assignment.

Article R6152-50-5

…hich vacancies have been published.During the assignment search period, the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion will send hospital practitioners firm and precise offers of public employ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery and personal protective equipment

Article R4313-5

The CE marking shall be affixed by the manufacturer, importer or any other person responsible for placing the machinery or personal protective equipment on the market, certifying that it conforms to t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Anti-competitive practices.

Article L420-7

Without prejudice to articles

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales

Article A123-75

The notice of registration in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales, provided for in article R. 123-155, contains for European Economic Interest Groupings: 1° The registration ref…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Common provisions

Article 518

The nature, extent and terms of the guarantee provided for in articles 514-5 and 517 are specified by the decision which prescribes their constitution.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition and operation of the central social and economic committee

Article D2316-7

The agreement between the works council and the central works council referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 2316-23 includes in particular: 1° The description of the activity or activities…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article D571-7

When the bulletin sent by the criminal records office to the competent administrative authority is marked nil, it is given or sent by the authority to the manager of the legal entity. In the opposite…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Terms and conditions of judicial supervision

Article R17-5

…vide the examination, treatment or care. He or she shall present or send to the judge all the evidence required. Where the provisions of articles L. 355-1 et seq. of the Public Health Code are applica…

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